Family of Christian Teen Condemned to Death by Doctors Sounds Alarm
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I agree that huge markups in healthcare are not ethical. But where do we draw the line there? Who determines what is an acceptable amount of profit? And do we apply that to all businesses or just healthcare?
Doctors and nurses are just a tiny percentage of where money goes in healthcare.
And you can't force businesses or healthcare workers to accept what you believe is a reasonable profit. The only reason most people work in areas like pharmaceuticals and hospital equipment manufacturing and supply is because of those huge profits. You cut their profits and they're going to go somewhere else to make their money. So our healthcare system still collapses.
I'm not on the side of for-profit healthcare. Or advocating for people in the medical industry making huge profits. I'm also not advocating for socialized healthcare. I'm just trying to point out the realities of the business.
I'm not for or against those either. But surely we can make this better. Healthcare is a necessity and should be affordable. A pharma collapse would be nice actually. Making millions by making us sick and selling us a remedy. Lower cost and higher accountability for these demons
And how do you propose to do that? Seriously, I would like to know. Are you going to try to convince people to not be greedy? Or are we going to have the government make laws capping the amount of profits someone can make and then force people to do those jobs?
Capping laws. Or sliding scales based on income. It will be illegal to be wealthy off of the sickness of others. I don't have the technical answer though. That's why I wanted to discuss with you
I have heard there is a good system in Japan.
The state pays 60% of the cost of treatment and the other 40% is borne by the patient who has compulsory health insurance. This insurance is tightly regulated as to how much the patient can pay, its on a sliding scale.
But having said that I am not too sure of the details, if anyone can tell me what the true details are I would appreciate it
Ok. But how are you going to get people to work under those profit caps? Like I said before, greed is a motivating factor in working in this industry.